The corpus record

γάνυμαι

ganumai

brighten up, be glad

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Where it lives

Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

brighten up, be glad, happy, is glad

brighten up, be glad or happy, γάνυται φρένα he is glad at heart, Il. 13.493: c. dat., δάμαρ ἀνδρὶ φίλῳ ἐλθόντι γανύσσεται 14.504, cf. 20.405, Od. 12.43, Ar. V. 612; γ. ἐπί τινι E. IT 1239 (lyr.); τινός A. Eu. 970 (lyr.), cf. E. Cyc. 504 (lyr.); ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου Pl. Phdr. 234d.—Freq. in later Prose, Ph. 1.36, 56, Plu. Suav. 2.1098f, Polyaen. 1.18, Jul. Or. 1.40b, al., Them. ll.cc.; ᾄδων καὶ γανύμενος Aristid. Or. 50(26).40; freq. written γανν- in codd. (γα-ν-υ- from root γαυ-, cf. γαίω, γαῦρος.)

In the wild

γάνυμαι · ganymai Aeschylus, Eumenides 968–969
γάνυται · ganytai Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1 (DIORISIS sentence 769)
γάνυται · ganytai Iliad 13.493
γανύσσεται · ganyssetai Iliad 14.504
γάνυται · ganytai Iliad 20.405
γάνυνται · ganyntai Odyssey 12.43

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γάνυμαι (scan pp. 307-308; entry #1389).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γάνυμαι (scan p. 224; entry #1544).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γάνυμαι (scan p. 321; entry #1246).

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